English and Chinese (Wade-Giles) Terms:
Physical and Bodily Soul, Chi or Breath or Vital Force (ch'i), Washing or
Cleanse (ti), Youthfulness, Mental Clarity,
What is Possible, What Can Be Done,
Impartiality, Bird, Spontaneity, Wholesome Personality, Kind or Loving or
Caring (ai), Separation or Parting (li), Spirit or Soul or
Spiritual (ying), Vision or Perception or Insight (lan), Natural Breathing,
Close or Shut (ho), One or Unity or Together (yi), Intelligent
Activity, Self-Control,
Vital Breath,
Understanding or Awareness (ming), Cleanse the Mind, Virtue, Leadership,
Chi Kung or Qigong, Progress or Advance or Grow (ch'ang), Meditate, Love, Cleansing the Mind,
Impurities, Hold or Keep (tsai), People (min), Govern (chih),
Country (kuo), Nurturing, Gentle or Tender or Soft (jou), Female,
Can or Able to (nêng), Clean or Polish or Wipe (ch'u), Newborn or
Infant (ying), Question or "?" Interrogative (hu), Passive, Cleanliness,
Cause or Bring About (chih), Cunning or Cleverness (chih),
Concentrate or Gather or Focus (chuan), Governing, Embrace or Carry (pao),
Faults or Flaws or Blemish (ts'u), Animal Nature or Body or Vitality or
Physical Being (p'o), Feed or Nurture (ch'u), Purify, Pure or
Clear or Clear Minded (pai), Gate or Door (mên), Dominate or
Control (tsai), Without or Free of (wu), Open (k'ai),
Mother Bird or Female (tz'u), Four Directions or Four Quarters (ssu),
Child or Baby or Innocent (erh), Heaven or Natural (t'ien), Possibilities Through the Dao,
Produces or Gives Life (shêng), Without Acti0n (wu wei), Become or
Act or Do (wei), Claim or Possess (yu), Profound or Deep or Hidden
(hsüan), Virture or Power (tê),
能為

English and Chinese (Wade-Giles) Terms:
In Praise of the Profound, Hear or Listen (t'ing); It is Colorless, Silent, and Subtle;
Manifestation of the Mystery, See or Seen (chien), Invisible, Clue,
Blend or Merge (hun), Shapeless,
Non- or Without (wu), Form of the Formless, Soundless or Inaudible (hsi), Something Shapeless, Elusive and Evasive,
Ancient or Old or Antiquity (ku), Faceless and
Backless, Obtain or Catch (tê), Void,
Marvelous, Mysterious, Nameless, Evasive or Elusive or Illusory (huang), Secret, Invaluable
Thread, Strand or lineage or Tradition (chi), Intangible, Inquire or
Scrutiny (chieh), Colorless, Silent, Elusive, Serene, Zenith, One or
Unity (yi), Nadir, Front (ying), Back or Rear (hou), Empty,
Invisible or Elusive (yi), Nameless, Master or Control (yü), Rarefied,
Speak or Say (yüeh), Present, Look or Perceive (shih), Touch or
Grasp (po), Above or Surface or Top (shang), Timeless, Hear or
Heard (wên), Name (ming), Image of the Imageless, Head or Face (shou),
Bright or Dazzling (chiao), Three (san), Top, Bottom or Below (hsia),
Formless or Minute or Fading (wei), Celebration of Mystery, Continuous or
Unceasing (shêng), Form or Image or Figure (hsiang), The Way
Things Are or Nature or World or Path or Universe (Tao, Dao), Returns
or Reverts (fu), Now or The Present (chin), Without Existence or
Non-Being or Nothingness (wu wu),
贊玄

English and Chinese (Wade-Giles) Terms: Humility, Few Desires, Crooked or Warped (wang),
Straight or Made True (chih), Imperfect, Quarrel or Compete or Content (chêng),
Earth or Below (hsia), Perfect or Whole or Complete (ch'üan), Partial, Complete,
Shine or Illustrious (ming), Embrace or Hold (pao), Full or Surplus (ying), Humility,
Confused or Bewildered (huo), Forbearance, Rejuvenate or Refreshed (hsin), Humility,
Not Gloating, Setting an Example, Avoid Idle Talking, Striving, Exactly or
Precisely (wei), Ancients, Little
or Few (shao), Endures or Lasts (ch'ang), Bend or Yield (ch'ü),
Model or Standard (shih), Destruction, Rebirth, Sage,
Adaptation, Empty or Holow (wa), Honor, Right or Correct (shih), Merit,
Unity or One or Absolute (yi), Virtue, See or Display or Show (chien),
Boast or Brag or Show Off (fa), Obtain or Possess
or Gain (tê), Heaven (t'ien), Perfected or Completion (ch'üan),
Merit or Credit or Achievement (kung), Famous or Distinguished (chang), Empty, Full,
Vacant or Empty or Useless (hsü), Yielding, Return or Restore (kuei), Old or Worn Out (pi),
Holy or Wise or Saintly Person (shêng jên), Words or Sayings or Spoken (yen), Then or To Be or Becomes (tsê),
益謙

English and Chinese (Wade-Giles) Terms:
Community or Village (kuo),
Contentment,
Old Age or Aged (lao), Distant or Far Away (yüan), Peaceful Life,
Wear or Display (ch'ên), Rural Living, Joy or Rejoice (lo), County
or State (kuo), Remaining in Seclusion, Tenfold (shih), Simple Life,
Ride (ch'êng), Small Country,
No Wars,
Plain Living, Not Showing, Neighbors, Utilize or Use (yung), Weapons, Fewer People,
Chickens, Cocks or Rooster (chi), Dogs (ch'üan), Boats (chou),
Carts or Carriages (yü), Food, Clothes (fu), See or Sight (wang), Travel
Little, 100 or One Hundred (po), Stay at Home (chü), People or
Citizens (min), Spot or Place (so), Sound or Barking (shêng),
Simplicity, Small (hsiao), Go To or Visit or Back and Forth (lai),
Everyday Life or Practices or Customs (su), Don't be Too Intellectual,
Enjoy or Delight (kan), Implements or Utensils (ch'i), And or Yet
(erh), Take Seriously or Mind (chung), Beautiful (mei), Standing Alone,
獨立

I have prepared one webpage for each of the
81 Chapters of the Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing), The Classic of
the Way and Virtue,
by Lao Tzu (Laozi). Each of these webpages now includes 16
or more different complete English language translations or creative interpretations of
each Chapter. Most
of the English translations for each Chapter come from
translations freely available in the public domain, while a few
of the Chapter
translations or interpolations come from cited books
in print.

The Chinese characters for each
Chapter, and both a Wade-Giles and Pinyin Romanized (i.e., Latin
script) version of the Chapter
will be included on each webpage. The Wade-Giles method for using the
Roman (Latin) script to represent the sounds of Mandarin Chinese words was
developed in 1892, and the Hanyu Pinyin method of Romanization was standardized
in 1982 in the People's Republic of China. There is some variation in how the Chinese characters for a
Chapter of the Tao Te Ching are arranged, ordered, punctuated, and presented on a webpage; so
readers should consult the excellent books and webpages cited on my webpages for alternative
versions to my display of the Chinese characters and the corresponding line by
line Wade-Giles and Pinyin Romanized translations.

Starting in January of 2014, I began including two
or more
Spanish language
translations for each Chapter, Spanish Terms in this
index, and links to
Spanish language
resources about the Tao Te Ching. This project was completed in
July of 2014.

Starting on September 1, 2014, beginning with
Chapter 1 of the Daodejing, I began to make
audio recordings of
my reading of various translations of the Chapters of the Tao Te Ching. I
will try to complete one audio recording of reading of translations for one
Chapter each week and distribute in the WMA audio format.

Starting on July 15, 2014, beginning with
Chapter 1, I began to add both the Wade-Giles and the Pinyin Romanizations for
Terms in the Index to the Tao Te Ching.

A full
index of the sources, both online and in print,
for each English and
Spanish language translator's version is provided.
Sources for the online and print Chinese-English language resources are provided.

Sources for commentaries and related references are
included on the webpage for each Chapter. Suggestions for purchasing good books
on the subject are provided on each webpage and in my reading
list. References and links to related
subjects in Taoist mind-body arts, published online by
Green Way Research or at
Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices, are
provided. A number of these webpages include my own interpolations
of the Chapter, poems, and comments. Finally, some information is provided
on each webpage about studying
Tai Chi Chuan or
Chi Kung or
with me at the
Valley Spirit
Center in Red Bluff, California.

I hope that enthusiasts of Taoist works will find
this hypertext collection of translations the Tao Te
Ching useful in their studies. New readers of the Tao Te Ching will find
many suggestions
for wise and peaceful living in the varied translations
and interpretations of
this classic Chinese contribution to our world heritage. Some of Laozi's
opinions are vague or incorrect or antiquated, and no wise person should consider
any ancient text or scripture as inerrant or sacred or above criticism. Those fascinated
by the process and implications of translating thoughts and ideas between
different languages, and the implications of reinterpretation and reading, will
find the many versions of a Chapter quite interesting and revealing.

This Chapter Index can also
function as an electronic Concordance
to the Daodejing. Use the Ctrl + F keystroke combination to open
the search function in any web browser. Then, you can search this webpage
by English, Romanized Chinese in Wade-Giles and Hanyu Pinyin, and Spanish language 'Terms.' I use the word 'Terms' in my Chapter Index to
loosely refer to: keywords, themes, phrases, chapter titles, subjects, topics, words, nouns,
verbs, adverbs, or adjectives. I tend to favor inclusiveness, related
meanings, interrelated concepts, and generality when including Terms in this
index; reflecting the fascinating complexity of translating and
reinterpretation.

My objectives are to create
a detailed subject index (Concordance) by Chapters
of the Tao Te Ching, searchable by English language Terms, Wade-Giles and
Pinyin Romanized spellings for the Terms likely to correspond to the Chinese
language characters, and by Spanish language Terms. I completed a first
draft in 2012 for searching by English language Terms for all 81 Chapters; and
by July of 2014 for searching by Spanish language Terms . By July of 2014,
I completed adding the Wade-Giles Romanized spellings (Latin script)
for the
spoken Mandarin Chinese Terms to about 50% of the Chapter webpages and this Chapter Index.

Each week I try to improve
a few of my webpages on the Tao Te Ching. I am currently working on Chapters
40-50. Each Friday, I present a
post
about one Chapter of the Tao Te Ching in my
Cloud Hands Blog.

Thanks for visiting this website.
Your feedback and
support are
appreciated.